Overview

Overview

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Specialist role

Developer

Summary of the work

An exciting opportunity for talented, tenacious individuals looking to join our team and take lead in creating world-class services in the Prison and Probation environment. Conducting Service Discovery to identify and deliver high-quality, user-centred products that positively impact the lives of offenders, prison staff and society as a whole.

About the work

You will be part of a cross disciplinary team consisting of delivery manager, product manager, user researcher, UX designer, content designer, technical architect and developers.

What the specialist will work on

As a HMPPS Digital Studio developer you'll have strong skills in web development and want to work within multidisciplinary agile teams of developers, designers and researchers focused on products. You'll provide technical leadership, working closely with the wider team to ensure high quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles. You'll work closely with designers to deliver rapid prototypes as well as production code for which you'll ensure high accessibility standards are upheld. We expect familiarity with modern frameworks and languages, as well as working practices such as TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps.

Work setup

The role is Sheffield based, but there may be travel involved to other regions of the country including London. There is a £5000 limit on travel expenses: expenses will only be covered for meetings outside of Sheffield. Travel between Sheffield and the supplier’s location will not be covered.

MOJ have assessed that this role is outside IR35. The successful candidate is required to complete the HMRC online IR35 assessment and provide a pdf to both the supplier/agency and to contractorrecruitmentsheffield@digital.justice.gov.uk

5.
Please advise the max day rate for this role?

It is not mandatory for us to publish our budget range, and we do not wish to do so. The hope is that candidates will be put forward at rates that truly reflect their technical experience and attitude, not at rates that are put forward in response to a figure published by us. We haven't had any issues with this approach with previous roles - we've found candidates with lower rates than we expected, as well as some above our original budget that are worth a little extra spend. We hope this doesn't prevent any possible applications. Thank you

6.
Do you know how many days would be in London and how many in Sheffield in the average week?

There are no intended set dates in London. The reference to London is merely an indication that there might be some occasional requirements for attendance at HQ but the work is to be undertaken as part of a multidisciplinary team in Sheffield. A normal week would therefore be 5 days in Sheffield.

7.
Is there any flexibility in the start date?

The start date for this requirement is as stated. We will be sifting and recruiting on that basis.

Candidates should take this into consideration before applying.

8.
You've given instructions to email the CV and some basic details. Do you a) require an application submitting online on Digital Marketplace?

b) Require all the 100 word skills and experience bullets completing?

a) As we have moved our sifting and evaluation process to Trello (the email link provided), we do not require you to duplicate your Skills & Evidence template online. As these fields are mandatory however, we recommend putting 'N/A' or 'Sent via Trello' so you are able to progress your application.

b) We still want a 100 word skills and evidence template against every bullet point mentioned emailed to the published address.

9.
Will you sponsor the clearance - which ever is needed?

The clearance required for this role is basic. We are happy to consider candidates that have not yet gained the basic clearance, however it is recommended that once you reach evaluation (interview) stage, you begin the process and this will not be sponsored by MOJ. Alternatively, if you wish to wait until you've been selected for the role, that its fine. This does however need to be reflected in your earliest possible start date, which is considered during evaluation as this role needs to be filled urgently.

10.
What is the lead time for feedback once the application is submitted?

Lead time will be dependant on the number of candidates submitted against the requirement. However, this is an urgent requirement so candidates chosen to move on in the process will know this shortly after the closure date for this opportunity.

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Any chances of change in start date as the latest date mentioned is Monday 30 October 2017.

This is an urgent requirement. Availability will be a key factor in the sifting process but will not be exclusive.Applicants should be available on the required start date or very close thereafter. Any required variation should be clearly stated in the application.

12.
What are the other expenses which will be paid.

Valid business expenses are restricted to travel from the Sheffield Studio to other locations dictated by the product team's needs plus any essential overnight accommodation that is consequential to that travel need.

13.
Any specific format(pdf,doc) in which CVs to be sent later.

Common formats are acceptable for document attachments, .pdf and .doc, .docx are particularly acceptable.

14.
Is occasional remote working allowed?

It is expected that Studio attendance will be the norm for this role but it will be the specific allocated Product Team that agrees how when remote working is allowable or even preferable for productivity purposes.

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Is there any travel involved in this role and will the travel expenses be paid ?

Travel will only be necessary if required by the specific allocated Product Team in the development of a product. Appropriate, value for money, business travel expenses will be claimable if approved by team managers.

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